I've been coming on here for nearly 20 years. I've seen coaches bashed before they were caught for what they were bashed for many many many many times and I believe if it wasn't for this ability to speak opnely, they may never have been caught (sleeping with athletes, former athletes, causing (or forcing) eating disorders, abusive behavior. and so forth and so on. LRC has helped bring the light to a lot of things. So stop saying we should be spreading rainbows and sunshine, because where there is smoke, there is fire.
Letsrun is also a place where anyone with an agenda can lie about coaches without being held responsible. It's a place where low character athletes, assistant coaches that want the head coaches job, rival coaches from other schools that want to damage a coach and programs reputation to gain an advantage in recruiting and competition, and more can make up an anonymous name(s) and say whatever they want.
You are right there have been times that a coaches bad behavior has been exposed. But there have also been times when good coaches have been damaged and nobody can be held accountable for that unfair damage. There really is no way to erase that damage once it has been posted, it's permanent.
There are other more effective ways to deal with abusive coaches. They require a little more maturity and courage, but they are fair and less likely to permanently damage the innocent. Posting things on an anonymous message board is immature and irresponsible, and should not be the way or place to deal with this stuff.
This! This I agree with! I doubt that those that come on here bash coaches to help protect student athletes. Good coaches have been damaged bc of things that were written about them on social media whether those things are true or not. That is no ones place to point fingers and like it was said above, those should be accounted for like they would be in person for verbal slander or defamation of character.
I’ve been an assistant track coach for 5 years at the same D1 university until this past may when I decided to step away and take a much needed break from the grind of coaching, recruiting etc.
it was always a dream of mine to coach at this level but I may have burned the wick too much and needed to step away. I do want to coach but I think a year or two away would do me some good to recharge the batteries, I’m 28 years old and I know that I have many years left to give if in the right situation.
anyone have experience with stepping away and coming back? Is it hard to do or even possible? I know in other job fields you’ll be questioned on your lapse in work history and that could affect your chances of being hired. Is it similar for coaching?
I’ve been an assistant track coach for 5 years at the same D1 university until this past may when I decided to step away and take a much needed break from the grind of coaching, recruiting etc.
it was always a dream of mine to coach at this level but I may have burned the wick too much and needed to step away. I do want to coach but I think a year or two away would do me some good to recharge the batteries, I’m 28 years old and I know that I have many years left to give if in the right situation.
anyone have experience with stepping away and coming back? Is it hard to do or even possible? I know in other job fields you’ll be questioned on your lapse in work history and that could affect your chances of being hired. Is it similar for coaching?
I personally think that if you need to take a step away from a job, then that job is not for you. Especially at a younger age of 28. Maybe getting into high school coaching is a better fit, because at the college level, it is not going to change for the better. It is NOT going to get easier. But I would do some self evaluation and decide if this college coaching path is the right fit for me. Having to step away after a couple years is a red flag. I have coached for 30 years and not once did I have a thought of not coaching.
I’ve been an assistant track coach for 5 years at the same D1 university until this past may when I decided to step away and take a much needed break from the grind of coaching, recruiting etc.
it was always a dream of mine to coach at this level but I may have burned the wick too much and needed to step away. I do want to coach but I think a year or two away would do me some good to recharge the batteries, I’m 28 years old and I know that I have many years left to give if in the right situation.
anyone have experience with stepping away and coming back? Is it hard to do or even possible? I know in other job fields you’ll be questioned on your lapse in work history and that could affect your chances of being hired. Is it similar for coaching?
I personally think that if you need to take a step away from a job, then that job is not for you. Especially at a younger age of 28. Maybe getting into high school coaching is a better fit, because at the college level, it is not going to change for the better. It is NOT going to get easier. But I would do some self evaluation and decide if this college coaching path is the right fit for me. Having to step away after a couple years is a red flag. I have coached for 30 years and not once did I have a thought of not coaching.
Well I understand and trust me it’s more than just myself going hard grinding, I love it. It’s complicated also in terms of family and their health. My mom was diagnosed with lung cancer and she lives alone. I am also married and my wife’s father had a health scare as well. living far from them means we hardly ever seen them. Plus we have 2 young kids so all that amounts to the fact that we wanted to be closer to them at this stage. If not for those factors it wouldn’t have been but needing a week or two to recharge. I guess I began to feel some guilt, but that also made the grind stressful and I don’t want to do the job any disservice. I feel I’m young enough to get back in there and build on my career but for now needed to sacrifice and be selfless for the greater good of others. Taking the ego out and humbling myself wasn’t easy but I do want to coach at the collegiate level again some day
I’ve been an assistant track coach for 5 years at the same D1 university until this past may when I decided to step away and take a much needed break from the grind of coaching, recruiting etc.
it was always a dream of mine to coach at this level but I may have burned the wick too much and needed to step away. I do want to coach but I think a year or two away would do me some good to recharge the batteries, I’m 28 years old and I know that I have many years left to give if in the right situation.
anyone have experience with stepping away and coming back? Is it hard to do or even possible? I know in other job fields you’ll be questioned on your lapse in work history and that could affect your chances of being hired. Is it similar for coaching?
I personally think that if you need to take a step away from a job, then that job is not for you. Especially at a younger age of 28. Maybe getting into high school coaching is a better fit, because at the college level, it is not going to change for the better. It is NOT going to get easier. But I would do some self evaluation and decide if this college coaching path is the right fit for me. Having to step away after a couple years is a red flag. I have coached for 30 years and not once did I have a thought of not coaching.
Do relative work if you step away. Coach somewhere and do it well.
If you were on the rise, when you leave, don't expect to pick up where you left off. It's a hustle to get back in and up. If you were at 40k, understand not much probably will change unless you go down a division in an elevated role.
IMO stepping away (without being forced out) is not a red flag. These days I think it's more understandable than before.
I’ve been an assistant track coach for 5 years at the same D1 university until this past may when I decided to step away and take a much needed break from the grind of coaching, recruiting etc.
it was always a dream of mine to coach at this level but I may have burned the wick too much and needed to step away. I do want to coach but I think a year or two away would do me some good to recharge the batteries, I’m 28 years old and I know that I have many years left to give if in the right situation.
anyone have experience with stepping away and coming back? Is it hard to do or even possible? I know in other job fields you’ll be questioned on your lapse in work history and that could affect your chances of being hired. Is it similar for coaching?
Looking for good life advice on letsrun is like looking for good lobster at a homeless shelter.
The Colorado State multi coach took like 2 years off then immediately got the job at Georgia. Louisville jumps coach took a few years off then immediately got the job at USC.
There are other examples too. Your scenario sounded really tough but you can definitely come back after a year or two away.
I would disagree. I have also coached for 30 years at every level from junior varsity high school to the Olympic Games. About 75% of those years were at the college level. I actually stepped back from college coaching early in my career and coached younger kids, club and post-college before going back into the college ranks at the right time and ended up at a place I have spent 1/3 of my life at. My opinion - you learn a lot early from both good and not-so-good situations. Ask yourself what are your priorities, motivations and coaching philosophy. Then look for places that are an institutional fit for you. There are loads of schools out there, different locations, etc. Talent will come and go as well, but working with the right kind of people, good admin, etc. is a game-changer. Be where you can coach a person the way you believe you should, not just as an athletic-commodity or an enrollment number.
Letsrun is also a place where anyone with an agenda can lie about coaches without being held responsible. It's a place where low character athletes, assistant coaches that want the head coaches job, rival coaches from other schools that want to damage a coach and programs reputation to gain an advantage in recruiting and competition, and more can make up an anonymous name(s) and say whatever they want.
You are right there have been times that a coaches bad behavior has been exposed. But there have also been times when good coaches have been damaged and nobody can be held accountable for that unfair damage. There really is no way to erase that damage once it has been posted, it's permanent.
There are other more effective ways to deal with abusive coaches. They require a little more maturity and courage, but they are fair and less likely to permanently damage the innocent. Posting things on an anonymous message board is immature and irresponsible, and should not be the way or place to deal with this stuff.
This! This I agree with! I doubt that those that come on here bash coaches to help protect student athletes. Good coaches have been damaged bc of things that were written about them on social media whether those things are true or not. That is no ones place to point fingers and like it was said above, those should be accounted for like they would be in person for verbal slander or defamation of character.
LRC is a gold mind of gossip and some is is troll and some is accurate. I’ve seen many coaches exposed and others defamed…. But the defamed ones never got hurt due to LRC. However the scum of the earth coaches who got exposed were well, exposed! The defamed ones who were slandered… nothing happens. Stop the madness
I would disagree. I have also coached for 30 years at every level from junior varsity high school to the Olympic Games. About 75% of those years were at the college level. I actually stepped back from college coaching early in my career and coached younger kids, club and post-college before going back into the college ranks at the right time and ended up at a place I have spent 1/3 of my life at. My opinion - you learn a lot early from both good and not-so-good situations. Ask yourself what are your priorities, motivations and coaching philosophy. Then look for places that are an institutional fit for you. There are loads of schools out there, different locations, etc. Talent will come and go as well, but working with the right kind of people, good admin, etc. is a game-changer. Be where you can coach a person the way you believe you should, not just as an athletic-commodity or an enrollment number.
Did you by chance coach at "THE Anne Arundel Community College"?
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Perhaps most of us don't think about not coaching, and neither is the poster in question. However, if you say that you haven't questioned the situation that you are in, I would say you are not being truthful. Or you have nothing else going on in your life, and no other responsibilities. I was out of coaching for 5 years for very similar reasons as the poster and count myself lucky to be back doing what I love now for the past 8 years. This is what I have always wanted to do, but sometimes you have to manage life when it comes at you. I learned along the way to work hard be humble and make the best decisions I could for myself and my family.
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